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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) - References

Citations

  1. Byrne B, Brainard GC (2008). Seasonal affective disorder and light therapy. Sleep Medicine Clinics, 3: 307-315.

  2. Westrin A, Lam RW (2007). Seasonal affective disorder: A clinical update. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 19(4): 239-246.

  3. Magnusson A, Boivin D (2003). Seasonal affective disorder: An overview. Chronobiology International, 20(2): 189-207.

  4. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2008). 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (ODPHP Publication No. U0036). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Available online: http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/pdf/paguide.pdf.

Other Works Consulted

  • Lam RW, et al. (2006). The CAN-SAD Study: A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of light therapy and fluoxetine in patients with winter seasonal affective disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163(5): 805-812.

  • Lewy AJ, et al. (2006). The circadian basis of winter depression. PNAS, 103(19): 7414-7419. Also available online: http://www.pnas.org/content/103/19/7414.full.pdf+html.

  • Provencio I (2009). Chronobiology. In BJ Sadock et al., eds., Kaplan and Sadock?s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 9th ed., vol. 1, pp. 198-210. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

  • Sadock BJ, Sadock VA (2007). Mood disorders. In Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry, 10th ed., pp. 527-562. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

  • Shirani A, St Louis EK (2009). Illuminating rationale and uses for light therapy. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 5(2): 155-163.

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Last Updated: July 07, 2010
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